Silva, CristóvãoReis, V.Morais, A.Brilenkov, I.Vaz, J.Pinheiro, T.Neves, M.Henriques, M.Varela, LeonildePereira, G.Fernandes, Nuno O.Silva, Sílvio do Carmo2018-12-172018-12-172017Silva, C. [et al.] (2017) - A comparison of production control systems in a flexible flow shop. Procedia Manufacturing. ISSN 2351-9789. Vol 13. p. 1090-1095.2351-9789http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/6304Production control in make-to-order must address the companies’ need for short delivery times and on-time deliveries. Several production control systems may be used to meet these needs. This paper presents a simulation study to evaluate the delivery performance of the TKS, GKS and POLCA production control systems, in the context of a make-to-order flexible flow shop. Since TKS is used for make-to-stock manufacturing, an adaptation of it is made to use in make-to-order. Results of a simulation study show that the adapted TKS outperforms POLCA, but performs worse than GKS. The study is a contribution for the alignment of production control theory to the industrial practice.engProduction controlmake-to-orderkanban systemssimulationjournal articlehttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2017.09.169